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  2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): RB - D'Vonte Price, Sr., FIU,...The league-leader in rush yards per carry, D'vonte Price, was also named to the C-USA Honorable Mention Team. Price also ranked 10th in the nation for rush yards per game this past season, after averaging 116.2 yards per contest. - Florida International Football

(DS#20 RB) rSr/2022 RB DVonte Price, Florida International
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  2020 RAY GUY AWARD SEMIFINALIST: Tommy Heatherly, FIU,...The Grove, Oklahoma native, has earned an FIU single-season record 44.4 average on just 28 punts attempts this season. The senior booted a career-long 69-yard punt against Jacksonville State earlier in the season, which ranks as the fourth-longest in school history. Heatherly has also helped the FIU punt return defense rank fifth nationally with a -0.43 average, while the Panthers' net punt average of 42.59 ranks 10th-best in the country this season. - FIU Football

(DS#15 P) rSr/2022 P Tommy Heatherly, Florida International
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  The Kansas football team's starting center most of the year, Api Mane has entered the NCAA's transfer portal as a graduate transfer, according to reports Friday from recruiting sites Rivals and 247 Sports. A 6-foot-3, 334-pound senior, Mane already had opted out of the rest of the season, ahead of the Jayhawks' home loss to TCU this past weekend, KU confirmed. - KU Sports

(DS#154 OG) rSr/2022 OG Api Mane, Florida International
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  The Kansas football offense will once again be without two typical starters up front this week when the Jayhawks play at No. 19 Oklahoma. KU head coach Les Miles said Monday senior center Api Mane and senior right tackle Adagio Lopeti will miss their second game in a row. Miles said the reason for the veteran offensive linemen's absences was COVID-19 tracing protocols, not a positive case for either of those two players. With Mane out, senior Chris Hughes moved from right guard to center in the starting lineup against Iowa State this past weekend; KU started freshman Armaj Adams-Reed at right guard. Earl Bostick Jr., who had started earlier in the season at right tackle, filled in for Lopeti. The Jayhawks also played freshman Garrett Jones at center sometimes in the loss. "I thought they held up really well," Miles said of KU's offensive linemen. "I thought they improved. I thought the youthful guys that stepped in there listened, got things accomplished and really I think the veterans that were there beside them helped them." - Lawrence Journal World

(DS#154 OG) rSr/2022 OG Api Mane, Florida International
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  SEPT 28 CONFERENCE USA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: FIU sophomore KR Lexington "Flex" Joseph opened FIU's 2020 campaign with a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, as the sophomore tied a school record in the process and put the Panthers up 7-0 at Liberty last Saturday. Overall, the Miami native finished the game with 255 yards in kickoff returns, earning a 42.5 average per return, which ranks fourth in the nation. The 100-yard return is tied for the longest in the nation this season, while Joseph's 255 yards are the most in a single game so far in 2020. - Conference USA Football

(DS#132 RB) rSr/2025 RB Lexington Joseph, Florida International
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  Two FIU running backs signed as undrafted free agents - Anthony Jones (Seattle Seahawks) and Napoleon Maxwell (Chicago Bears). Senior D'vonte Price will finally get a chance at being the full-time starter, although he has no less than six scholarship challengers. Price has six career starts and 960 total rushing yards. His 6.2 yards per rush is on pace to become a school record, but his 5.0 average last year reflected an overall disappointing season (just 249 yards). Maleek Williams, a transfer who rushed for 144 yards (5.3 average) with two touchdowns in two years at Arkansas, is an intriguing option. The other challengers are sophomores Lexington Joseph, Shaun Peterson and Demarcus Townsend and freshmen Kejon Owens and Eric Wilson. - Miami Herald

(DS#20 RB) rSr/2022 RB DVonte Price, Florida International
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  2020 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE USA TEAM (COACHES): OL D'Antne Demery, Sr., FIU,...Demery, a 6-5, 320-pound senior offensive lineman from Brunswick, Georgia, played in all 13 games last season while starting 12 times at left tackle. Demery earned All-Conference USA Honorable Mention in 2019 after aiding an offensive line that allowed just 14 sacks on the year, which tied for the fifth-lowest in the nation and led the league. - Florida International Football

(DS#41 OT) Sr/2021 OT DAntne Demery, Florida International
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  2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Chris Hughes, Kansas, senior, offensive line,...This year marks the first year Api Mane and Chris Hughes have made the Wuerffel trophy watch list. Mane and Hughes have both made an impact in the community, volunteering at community events and going beyond the playing field and classroom. Hughes, a senior offensive lineman from Harker Heights, Texas, made starts in eight games while making an appearance in all 12 games in 2019. - Kansas Football

(DS#154 OG) rSr/2022 OG Api Mane, Florida International
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  2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Api Mane, Kansas, senior, offensive line,...This year marks the first year Api Mane and Chris Hughes have made the Wuerffel trophy watch list. Mane and Hughes have both made an impact in the community, volunteering at community events and going beyond the playing field and classroom. Mane, a senior from East Palo Alto, Calif., saw action on the offensive line in all 12 games in 2019, while starting in two games. Hughes, a senior offensive lineman from Harker Heights, Texas, made starts in eight games while making an appearance in all 12 games in 2019. - Kansas Football

(DS#154 OG) rSr/2022 OG Api Mane, Florida International
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  2020 OUTLAND TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: OT D'Antne Demery, FIU,...Demery, a 6-5, 320-pound senior offensive lineman from Brunswick, Georgia, played in all 13 games last season while starting 12 times at left tackle. Demery earned All-Conference USA Honorable Mention in 2019 after aiding an offensive line that allowed just 14 sacks on the year, which tied for the fifth-lowest in the nation and led the league. - FIU Football

(DS#41 OT) Sr/2021 OT DAntne Demery, Florida International
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  Former Nebraska defensive back Henry Gray is the latest transfer to sign with FIU and coach Butch Davis. There are 12 Football Bowl Subdivision transfers on the current roster, including nine who were able to come back home to Florida by signing with FIU. Ex-Maryland quarterback Max Bortenschlager, who is from Indiana, is FIU's other transfer who arrived on campus this summer. Gray, a 6-1, 185-pound freshman, signed with the Cornhuskers in December, but he announced in May that he was leaving the Nebraska program. The reason why is unclear. Gray told the Miami Herald he "didn't want to speak on that" but did say it was for family reasons. Gray, who played the past two years for Miami Central High - winning his first state title in 2019 - said he was recruited by FIU running backs coach Tim Harris Jr. "He's been recruiting me since my sophomore year at Miramar," Gray said. "We've built a good relationship." - Miami Herald

(DS#999 CB) rJr/2025 CB Henry Gray, Florida International
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  FIU had nine athletes named to Phil Steele's Preseason Conference USA All-Conference Team. The Panthers were led by First Team selection D'Antne Demery. Demery, a 6-5, 320-pound senior offensive lineman from Brunswick, Georgia, played in all 13 games last season while starting 12 times at left tackle. Demery earned All-Conference USA Honorable Mention. Demery was named to Athlon's Preseason All-Conference First Team last month. - Miami Herald

(DS#41 OT) Sr/2021 OT DAntne Demery, Florida International
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  With three key returners - cornerback Rishard Dames and safeties Richard Dames and Dorian Hall - the secondary figures to be the best part of the FIU Panthers' 2020 defense. The Dames twins, who are seniors this year, have nine combined career interceptions. Rishard led FIU last year with four picks, including a one-hander against Western Kentucky that he returned 80 yards for a touchdown. He also had a career-high 10 tackles against Florida Atlantic. Meanwhile, Richard Dames had a career high 11 tackles against Louisiana Tech, including 10 solo stops. - Miami Herald

(DS#36 SS) rSr/2022 SS Richard Dames, Florida International
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  Former Maryland quarterback Max Bortenschlager has transferred to Florida International as a graduate student, according to report from SB Nation's Underdog Dynasty. Bortenschlager is eligible to play immediately and will have two seasons of eligibility, according to the report, after announcing his decision to leave Maryland in January. A former three-star prospect, Bortenschlager played in 19 games for Maryland, throwing for 1,522 yards with 11 touchdowns and five interceptions. He started eight games in 2017 after Kasim Hill and Tyrrell Pigrome each suffered season-ending injuries, passing for 1,313 yards and 10 touchdowns, including a career-high 255 yards and three touchdowns against Northwestern as the Terps finished 4-8. - Baltimore Sun

(DS#53 QB) rSr/2022 QB Max Bortenschlager, Florida International
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  James Morgan's two-year run as the quarterback for the FIU Panthers was one of the most prolific in school history. Now he's the second FIU quarterback to be selected in the NFL Draft. The New York Jets took Morgan with the 19th pick of the fourth round - No. 125 overall - on Saturday in the 2020 NFL Draft. The quarterback is the ninth player in Panthers history to be selected in the Draft and the first since Houston Texans quarterback Alex McGough was a seventh-round pick by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2018 NFL Draft. "My top strength is my preparation," Morgan said. "I'm a really good leader... My biggest asset is my hard work."

McGough is the owner of most career and single-season passing records at FIU, but Morgan made a run at most of the single-season records throughout his two years in Miami. Morgan, who began his career with the Bowling Green Falcons, broke McGough's single-season record with 26 touchdown passes in 2018. Morgan also threw for 2,727 yards in 2018 before missing the Bahamas Bowl because of an injury, leaving him less than 100 yards short of McGough's single-season record of 2,791 yards. - Miami Herald


(DS#8 QB) rSr/2020 QB James Morgan, Florida International
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